Necktie holder and hanger



July 8, 1941. G, @,-KEELER .2,248,358

NECKTIE HOLDER AND HANGER Filed oet. s1. v1958 ATTORNEY.

Patented July 8, 1941 STAT-Es PATE-Nr oFricE NECKTIE HOLDER AND HANGER Georgina Keeler, Chicago, Ill. Application (lctober '31, 1938, Serial No. 237,841

3 Claims.

This invention relates in general to a carrier and support for necktiesand other articles of clothing and may be incorporated as apart of a clothes hanger by means of which a pair of trousers and a coat may be carried cr hung at the same time.` Y

Animportant vobject of the invention 'is in the provision of a necktie rack and holder for spacing ties apart so that they may be easily separated, dislodged and displayed and also held against displacement or from slipping when desired. Y

A further object of the invention is in the provision `of a necktie rack asa part of a clothes hanger for a suit of clothes. f

Afurther object of the invention is in the pro- Vision of a movable guard -for a necktie rack which holds the ties in place and is quickly movable to withdraw any selected tie therefrom.

A vstill further object of the invention is in the provision of a combined hanger for -neckties and suits, having means for supporting it from parallel clothes hanger rods.

A .still further object of the invention is in the provision of a clothes hanger having a necktie rack as a part thereof foldable flatly together with the hanger support. f

Other and further objects of the invention will appear hereinafter, the accompanying drawing illustrating preferred embodiments of the invention, Vin which Y Fig. 1 is .a side elevation of a tie Arackv in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a detail of the trunk supporting slide lat one end of the top rail;

vFig. 3 is an enlarged view partly in section, of one end of the tie rack;

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 illustrates a trunk type modication.

In a necktie holder it is desirable to space the ties apart so that they are open for display and selection, to prevent them from slipping from the rack, and to prevent the ties lfrom longitudinal movement together in thel rack whereby they Vbecome hunched and therefore soiled `and wrinkled, requiring separation and redistribution along the rack.

The present invention overcomes these objections by providinga frame having a number of recesses into which neckties may be placed, and a movable guard for quickly locking them in place or movable to permit withdrawal or insertion of a tie in the rack. Usually certain ties harmonize best with a certain suit of clothes and for traveling or for general home use a tie rack of this kind may be incorporated as a part of a hanger in which the yoke for supporting'the rack may'also support a coat and the top or bottom edge or rail of the rack may constitute a sup- .port for one or Amore pairs of trousers. .For traveling or forvuse in connection with a trunk, supporting hooks may be provided movable' to engage parallel rods provided for clothes .hangers in an ordinary wardrobe trunk,

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, a tie rackvin accordance with this invention comprises a relatively thin frame Vof wood, metal, bre, Bakelite or any other suitable material .having opposite end pieces 5 and "6 spaced apart and rigidly connected by a top rail Land a bottom rail 8, the latter preferably circular and adapted to provide a supportior ties placed loosely thereon or for trousers or other .garments hung thereon.

This rack is ordinarily supported by a hanger or yoke Il, preferably a at metal strip, pivoted at the outeredges of the end pieces by 'pivot screws I I and having an upper coat .hanger portion with a central supporting hook I2 Ysecured theretoby means of which the rack is supported. As thus suspended the yoke Ill may be utilized .as a coat hanger and the top and bottom rails as trousers or other garment supporters in addition to the tie rack as hereinafter set forth.

In order to hold the supporting yoke yI'fl in lupright position a small screw or brad I3 is inserted in :one or Aboth of the end pieces and has a .small head projecting from the outerside edge adapted to vbe seated in a recess It at the inner side yof the supporting yoke adjacent the pivot thereof,

the connection of the supporting yoke Abeing sniiiciently flexible so that it may be lsprung into or out of engagement with the projecting 'head of the stud, thus holding the supporting yoke yieldingly in position `and preventing the rack from turning or upsetting with respect to the yoke.

At the inner edge of each of the end pieces :is .a recess `I5 extending from the top downwardly and terminating in a shoulder for seating the .end `of a lower tie rail I therein. The lower tie rail is held at the bottom of the recess by .a bar I1, the ends of which are 'seated in a recess I8 in the upper edge of lthe tie rail and ina recess I9 at the lower side of the top piece l.

Also mounted at its ends in the recesses |15 is an upperv tie rail 20 which has a recess 2li at; each end through which the bars I1 extend to provide additional guiding means for holding Athe top rail :in place. If desired the inner edge of each recess I5 may be provided with `a .strip 22 of metal or other material engaged by the ends of the .tie rails I5 vand 2.0 to prevent the movable rail from sticking in the recess `oran anti-friction contact if the end pieces and rail are made `of the same pieces Ii. In order to hold, .separate and space ties suitably apart in Athe rack the lower rail is formed with recesses 23 and pro.. jections 24 along its upper edge and the upper rail is provided with corresponding projections 25 and recesses 2S adapted to inter-engagewith the recesses and projections of the lower rail.

To insert, remove or adjust any tie within and between the rails I6 and 2), the upper rail is raised upon the guide rods l1, leaving the recesses 23 of the lower rail free, open and accessible for the insertion of one or more ties in any of the recesses. 'Ihese recesses are preferably of suiiicient width to engage the narrower or intermediate neck band portion of a tie so that the extremities thereof will hang below the lower rail on both sides thereof but are less in length than the width of most ordinary ties so that once inserted therein they are not likely to slip endwise from the recess 23 and will not slip lengthwise of the rail unless manually displaced. The upper rail is manually raised and lowered and may be held upwardly against the upper rail 'l by hand but usually there is suflicient frictional engagement between the parts to hold the movable tie rail in any adjusted position and after the upper rail is pressed downwardly against any ties in the rack they are not likely to be disengaged or dislodged from their openings or from the rack.

In traveling or for supporting this necktie rack and holder in an ordinary wardrobe trunk a pair of ksupports 21 are provided, one at each side of the top piece l. Each support has an angular extremity normally seated in a recess 28 at the upper edge of the side piece 5 or 6 so that it is engaged and held in place by the yoke I0. On top of the top piece 'I a guide 29 is secured having upwardly and inwardly turned edges 30 for slidably receiving the supporting member 2l therein, the upper and inner end of the member having an up-turned projection 3l forming a iinger hold for slidably moving the support inwardly and outwardly when it is not held in place by .the yoke I9.

In their outermost position these supports are 1 adapted to engage spaced or parallel side bars 32 of an ordinary wardrobe trunk or to engage any other similar supports, and the tie rack may thus be carried in the trunk without tilting or dislodging the ties therefrom. When upheld by the supports 2l the supporting yoke l0 is turned downwardly below the rack and below the bottom rail 8 as indicated in Fig. 1.

If this type of combined coat and tie hanger is. desired primarily for use in a trunk the upper portion, as shown in Fig. 5, may be made of a single piece of metal, pressboard, laminated wood or the like, having supporting arms 5| with notches 52 at the under sides of the outer ends for supportingY it from parallel trunk bars or hooks, coat hanger portions 53 and. a bottom cross rail 54. In the top is a recess 55 for seating a central supporting hook 56 which engages one end of the recess in raised position. At the bottom is the tie rack proper including side pieces 5, bottom rail 8, lower and upper tie rails I6 and 2D, connected at the lower ends of hanger portions 53.

With these constructions it is apparent that the tie rack may be used alone, it may be used in connection with the hanger, or with the end supports 21, or with a clothes hanger for a trunk; it is designed and intended to be incorporated as a part of a clothes hanger for a suit, and thus to provide a rack for neckties adapted to be used particularly with that suit or separately therefrom with any suit.

It is obvious that the rack and holder may be constructed of various material and of various sizes, and for ties or similar articles of various shapes and widths without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

l. A rack for supporting neckties comprising a frame including end pieces, a lower crossbar having spaced apart recesses in the upper edge thereof to receive neckties hung therefrom, and a companion crossbar slidable vertically in the frame above the necktie supporting bar and having downward projections correspondingly spaced apart with respect to the aforementioned recesses to engage the neckties and clamp them within the recesses, whereby the recesses prevent lateral movement of theneckties on the supporting bar and the projections on the slidable bar prevent longitudinal movement thereof when clamped in the rack; together with means associated with the rack for supporting the same and including a yoke pivoted to the ends of the frame for suspending the rack, and means projecting from the ends of the frame adapted to cooperate with the yoke to prevent swinging or tilting of the rack when suspended.

2. A rack for supporting neckties comprising a frame including end pieces, a lower crossbar having spaced apart recesses in the upper edge thereof to receive neckties hung therefrom, and a companion crossbar slidable vertically between the end pieces in the frame above the necktie supporting bar and having downward projections correspondingly spaced apart with respect to the aforementioned recesses to engage the neckties and clamp them within the recesses, whereby the recesses prevent lateral movement of the neckties on the supporting bar and the projections on the slidable bar prevent longitudinal movement thereof when clamped in the rack; together with means associated with the rack for supporting the same and including a yoke pivoted to the ends of the frame below the upper edges thereof, and members extensible beyond the ends of the frame and movable respectively from a position within the confines of the yoke to a position beyond the ends of the frame when the yoke is swung out of the path of said members.

3. In a combined clothes hanger and rack for Asupporting neckties, a frame including end pieces, an upper crossbar, and a lower crossbar, the lower crossbar having spaced apart recesses in the upper edge thereof to receive neckties hung therefrom; an intermediate crossbar slidable vertically in the frame above the necktie supporting bar and having downward projections correspondingly spaced apart with respect to the aforementioned recesses to engage the neckties and clamp them within the recesses to prevent displacement thereof, and a yoke for holding clothes associated with the frame, said yoke having a central supporting hook, downwardly inclined sides, and parallel portions at the ends thereof pivoted to the ends of the frame so that the yoke may be turned downwardly below the frame; together with longitudinally movable supporting hooks at the ends of the upper crossbar of the frame, said hooks being normally disposed inwardly within the confines of the yoke and movable outwardly to project beyond the ends of the frame for supporting it when the yoke is turned downwardly.

GEORGINA G. KEELER. 

